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direct answer to the question, "That system of goverment would you eay is superior ~ the United States Government or the Soviet fern of governsent 7 he answered, "The United States system of government is superior." a ppNel (100- 190°270-B On the same date, March 27, 1939, Kisler's wife told Imigration authorities that she waa an author. The Immigration authorities requested the Kislers to leave the United States on or before April 15, 1939, and they actually left at Laredo, Texas, on September 11, 1939, and were granted a visa to January 28, 1940. On July 17, 1940, @ warrant wes issued by the Inaigration and Naturalisation Service instructing that Hane and Louise Eisler be arrested inasmuch as they were in the United States in violation of the Imnigration dct of 2924, in that they remained in the United States for a longer time than pernitted aumer the regulations. fhe Immigration and Naturalization Service was in- formed by the authoritios at Calexico, California, that the gubject and his wife had left for Nexicali, Mexico, through Calexico on September 19, 1940. At that time the Calexioo Immigration Office was not aware that a warrant was outetanding for the subject and his wife. On September 20, 1940, Eisler and bis wife were issued non-quota visas by the American Consulate at Wexicali, Maxioo. (Mea, e: i) On Septeaber 26, 1940, « bearing was conducted by the Immigration Hearing Board, at which time Eisler and hie wife were placed under oath. Sn the basis of the information obtained at this hearing, the Immigration Board decided against the issuance of non-quota visas for Eisler and ‘his wife. The transcript of the hearing was submitted to the Board of Appeals in Kashington, D. C., and the subject and his wife were subsequently granted the visas for which they had applied. It is acted that in this transcript the subject and his wife made atatements under oath which do not coincide with other informatio developed. Yisler stated he was not a Communist and although specifically asked about it he dented that he had ever written music for Communist produc- tions. (This, of course, 4a disproved by the many articles cited previously in the 1935 issues of the Daily Worker.) It appears the Immigration and Naturalization Service authorities bad doubts along thie line and the subject was asked about the nature of "Die Masanahne," for which the subject wrote the music. Eisler referred to thia play as *fhe Expedient" and stated it was — —? — | not Commnistic in nature but that i$ soncerned the unification cf Chins. As previously stated in this memorandum, the title of this has been otherwise translated as “The Disciplinary Measure" and is a play which advocates world revolution and openly identifies iteelf with Communisa and Moscow as its headquarters. Eisler aleo stated under oath that he was in Russia is 1935 and 1936 for the purpose of directing concerte in which his compositions were played. Eisler side-stepped the question as te whether he had been in Russia on any other occasions, according to the Dumigration au eviad F : foo - 14S %10-Bpp- rs INS records reflect that the eerrant of duly 17, 1949 an tatand— 2d records re G5 i} SY WS PA REE wk EF EO GO ee ee. ing for the arrest of Hans and Louies Eisler was cancelled and on October 22, 1940, they were admitted as non-quots inmigrants. The basis for this status. was the subject's occupation for tw: years immediately prior to apriicetion with the Hew School for Social Research. At that time the subject was travel- ing on # passport issued by the Consul General of Czechoslovakis in New York ~ 10 ~ “CONFYSENTIAL